Forum Brief: Minister for children
Policy Consultation 10 June 2003
Reshuffle speculation continues with claims that the prime minister will appoint a minister for children later this week.
Forum Brief: Youth justice
Policy Consultation 20 May 2003
Ministers plan a minimum tariff of 15 years for children who receive life sentences.
Patricia Durr - parliamentary liason officer, The Children's Society
Stakeholder Interview 19 May 2003
Question: The government believes the measures outlined in the Criminal Justice Bill will cut crime. Why is The Children's Society so critical of some of the proposals?
Forum Brief: Young offenders
Policy Consultation 30 April 2003
A conference held on Thursday highlighted the prevention of social exclusion among children and young people.
Forum Brief: Budget - Minimum wage
Policy Consultation 9 April 2003
Gordon Brown has announced that the government is to undertake a review of training, pay and employment needs for 16 to 19 year olds.
Forum Brief: Anti-social Behaviour Bill
Policy Consultation 8 April 2003
The home secretary has pledged to tackle the scourge of anti-social behaviour with hard-hitting new laws.
Forum Brief: Anti-social behaviour
Policy Consultation 12 March 2003
The government has published its white paper on anti-social behaviour and disorder.
Forum Brief: Child runaways
Policy Consultation 28 November 2002
The government has launched a national action plan to help young runaways.
Forum Brief: NGOs welcome Tory email consultation
Policy Consultation 9 August 2002
Key charities and NGOs have used the ePolitix Forum to welcome a Conservative plan to use email to consult with young people on policy issues.
Hendry says policy plans are 'just a first step'
News Article 9 August 2002
Shadow minister for young people Charles Hendry has set out his views on Conservative plans for online consultations.
Forum Brief: Child poverty
Policy Consultation 10 April 2002
Figures to be published tomorrow will show that Gordon Brown has failed to meet his promise to lift more than a million children out of poverty in Labour's first four
Forum Brief: Electronic tagging
Policy Consultation 26 February 2002
Children as young as 12 could be tagged as part of plans to fight soaring levels of youth crime.
Forum Brief: Smacking
Policy Consultation 21 February 2002
A new survey has found that children believe smacking teaches them that the use of violence is an acceptable way to respond.
Forum Brief: Child poverty
Policy Consultation 19 February 2002
Gordon Brown is facing a call from the Child Poverty Action Group to transfer more than £5 billion a year to families and children if the government is to achieve
Forum Brief: Smacking in schools
Policy Consultation 16 November 2001
A High Court judge has rejected a call from a Christian school in Liverpool to review the government's refusal to sanction corporal punishment.
